THE MOTORPNAKOTIC MANUSCRIPTS

After the release of Behind The Sun, Motorpsycho decided to hold a promotional event through exclusive pre- orders for a new album, and after 400 pre-orders were made the album would not be able to be pre-ordered again. Afterwards, each week the ones who pre-ordered the album will receive two songs in the form of a single. It took about 4 weeks before anyone could fully get their hands on this record fully, with 4 singles to boot. This would create the complete collection that is The Motorpnakotic Fragments, or The Motorpnakotic Manuscripts.

Was this 4 single and 4 week release pattern worth it? Not really, in my opinion. What you get here is to the similar vein of Behind The Sun and Still Life With Eggplant, though with a slight?late 90s indie rock twang to it all, which gives the band's psych prog output a bit more of a unique flair on this collection of songs. You get a good amount of jams on here, not too long, not too short, with each song creating this uniquely old and noisy feeling, like a mix between 90s noise rock bands like Unwound and Sonic Youth, with a 60s style psych rock performance of Jimi Hendrix and early Amon Duul II, creating this rather interesting experience that I enjoy, and is the album's strong suit.

I do think, though, this album never quite holds those big and interesting Motorpsycho moments that other albums have. It makes this feel much weaker in comparison to stuff like Let Them Eat Cake and Blissard, which had those moments in quite good amounts. Here, there are no moments that feel like Motorpsycho giving their all, which is rather disappointing because those moments are exactly why I love this band's brand of prog rock. I do not expect them to create Death Defying Unicorn 2 or Still life With Eggplant 2 for this release, but I want a little more out of these already good songs.

This is an interesting release project for the band. It is unique, creative, and experimental. However, what is on here, whilst good, would work better for other albums in the band's discography. It is not a bad album, but there are much better from this band out there.

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